Warm Bodies (2013)

Warm Bodies Synopsis

A funny new twist on a classic love story, Warm Bodies is a poignant tale about the power of human connection. After a zombie epidemic, R (a highly unusual zombie) encounters Julie (a human survivor), and rescues her from a zombie attack. Julie sees that R is different from the other zombies, and as the two form a special relationship in their struggle for survival, R becomes increasingly more human - setting off an exciting, romantic, and often comical chain of events that begins to transform the other zombies and maybe even the whole lifeless world.

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Following an early digital release on May 14, Warm Bodies is hitting Blu-ray and DVD on June 4, and to celebrate, Lionsgate company Summit Entertainment has given us an exclusive Blu-ray bonus clip that takes a look at the set’s gag reel. The clip is pretty short, but it focuses on series lead Nicholas Hoult’s energetic personality when he can’t quite focus on his un-emotive zombie character.

Warm Bodies is hitting Blu-ray and DVD next month, and to celebrate the upcoming release, Summit Entertainment has released several clips that take a look at the filming of the flick. In particular, the first one is super amusing and looks into Nicholas Hoult and Rob Corddry learning to grunt effectively for their roles as zombies in the film. Hoult says that Corddry made it his goal to get the younger actor to crack up during the zombie scenes.

Studios are busy trying to create young adult-oriented flicks that can bring the teen audience into the theater in droves post Twilight. This year, the fun Beautiful Creatures barely made a mark at the box office while the zombie flick Warm Bodies did somewhat better than expected. Another YA book-turned-movie, City of Bones, is set to make an appearance in theaters late this summer, but in the interim, you can catch its precurser Warm Bodies when it hits Blu-ray and DVD on June 4.

It's Superbowl Sunday, which means a quiet weekend at the box office. So, what kind of movie would open on a weekend where it's almost guaranteed to see a lower than usual opening? How about one that you wish no one knew even existed?

Conventional wisdom says that next big thing will be Fifty Shades of Grey, the erotic and critically reviled novel currently on its way toward a film adaptation. But could the next Twilight be something good instead-- and already out in theaters?

It seems zombies aren't just in vogue when they're staggering around and threatening people on The Walking Dead. The quirky romantic comedy Warm Bodies, about a zombie who falls for one of the earth's few surviving humans, led the U.S. box office on Friday, making $8.1 million on its way toward an estimated $20 million for the weekend

For the sake of creating a believable relationship between Julie and R, there are some fairly big changes made to the latter half of Warm Bodies’ storyline when bringing it to the big screen. Purists may not enjoy all or any of the changes, but to create a movie told entirely from the perspective of a zombie...

Making an adaptation of a book told in the first person is more than enough of a challenge, but as you can imagine that task is only made harder when the protagonist happens to be a zombie. Not only do you have to deal with widening perspective and creating a larger world, you also have to deal with the fact that from outward appearances the hero is a mumbling, stumbling, brainless bag of meat that spends every moment dreaming of devouring human flesh.

You wouldn’t think it would be too hard to play a member of the walking dead. You slap on some make-up, stumble a bit, and let out the occasional groan. Sounds simple enough, right? Well, it wasn’t enough for Rob Corddry. Who stars as a zombie in the new movie Warm Bodies. Inspired by a script he loved and a real desire to nail his audition, he took it to a completely new level...

I’m still working off this chill from sub freezing temperatures over this last week but its time to warm up these magic fingertips and get to the movies of the week. This time around its warm bodies and bullets to the head

You might know Corddry from his goofy performances in The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Hot Tub Time Machine or Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay. But in the new zombie-centered romantic comedy from Jonathan Levine, Warm Bodies, Corddry took on his role—that of a zombie called M—with the kind of care and contemplation one typically associates with his hero, the great Daniel Day-Lewis.

Over the years we've seen many different kinds of zombies. Sure, George A. Romero popularized the shambling, brain-loving type, but as the subgenre has developed so have the creatures. Some titles feature the undead with the ability to communicate, while others have them all as world-class sprinters. Come February director Johnathan Levine will introduce another new kind of zombie to the mix.

One of the numerous things Summit's Warm Bodies has going for it is its supporting cast, among which are John Malkovich and Analeigh Tipton. The former's lengthy list of credits speaks for itself, while the latter is a bit less known but has also demonstrated her acting and comedic talents in past work - particularly in the role of the lovesick Jessica in Crazy, Stupid, Love. Both actors are featured in the latest clips for Warm Bodies.

With Warm Bodies set to arrive in theaters in a little over two weeks, we're seeing more TV spots and clips recently, reminding us that Summit has this zombie rom-com on the way. Today we have two more clips, which share a common theme in showing the female lead's understandable wariness around zombies, even if they're trying to help her.

Warm Bodies will arrive in theaters in just a few weeks. We've already gotten plenty of glimpses of the movie, between the previously released trailers and the more recently released four-minute clip, which introduced us to Nicholas Hoult's zombie character R. Some new clips and a few B-roll videos have made their way online, giving us even more to look at from the movie in anticipation of its February release.

Hot on the heels of the release of the first four minutes of the film, Summit has given us a few more stills from Warm Bodies, Jonathan Levine's feature adaptation of Isaac Marion's zombie novel. Set in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse, Warm Bodies stars Nicholas Hoult as R, a zombie who falls for a living girl named Julie (Teresa Palmer.

We've already seen two trailers for Jonathan Levine's upcoming feature adaptation of Isaac Marion's zombie novel Warm Bodies. Today, the first four minutes of the film have arrived online and they take us through the mindset of lead character R, played by Nicholas Hoult, a zombie struggling with an existential crisis.

Arriving in theaters next February is Warm Bodies a zombie rom-com based on Isaac Marion's novel, in which zombie meets girl and falls for her instead of making her dinner. The latest stills give us a couple of new looks at zombie R (Nicholas Hoult) and the object of his budding affection, Julie (Teresa Palmer).

We've seen a few trailers for Summit's upcoming feature adaptation of Isaac Marion's novel Warm Bodies, along with a couple of posters that have fun with the zombie-romance element in the story. A few more posters have made their way online, courtesy of the Warm Bodies tumblr.

If you caught last night's mid-season finale of The Walking Dead, you may have seen the second trailer for Jonathan Levine's upcoming zombie rom-com Warm Bodies, the feature adaptation to Isaac Marion's entertaining take on an unlikely but amusing post-apocalyptic zombie/human love story. These new stills from the film will be familiar, if you've seen the trailer, but they still offer an interesting look at the story's lead character R.

Based on Isaac Marion's novel of the same name, Warm Bodies stars Nicholas Hoult as R, an undead young man suffering from some serious ennui. His life—or lack thereof—is just a steady procession of meandering, and occasionally feasting on the soft parts of humans who still have heartbeats. That is until he meets Julie, a girl with a shotgun who gets his heart going. As their names suggest, it's a take on Romeo & Juliet...

Last week, we got the first trailer for Jonathan Levine's adaptation of Isaac Marion's zombie novel Warm Bodies. Fans of the book who are anticipating the adaptation were likely grateful to get a look at some of the film, which is set to arrive in theaters early next year. The Italian version of the trailer is mostly the same as the U.S. version, however those who want to see a few more snippets of the movie will find them here.

When the first trailer arrived last week a lot of people quickly changed their minds about the upcoming zom-rom-com Warm Bodies. While the first few official stills seemed to paint it as "Twilight with zombies" (it doesn't help that it's being released by the same studio), the footage we saw on Thursday replaced ideas of moody, sparkly members of the undead with laughs, cleverness, and a sense of fun

We had the opportunity to speak with screenwriter/director Jonathan Levine about adapting Isaac Marion's zombie novel Warm Bodies for the movie. Levine shared his thoughts on the tone of the film, which follows a zombie and a human who fall for one another in a post-apocalyptic setting, the soundtrack, Summit's choice to promote the movie with the last Twilight film, and the possibility for a sequel.

It was looking like we'd have to wait until Breaking Dawn: Part 2 premiered to see the trailer for Warm Bodies, but it's made its way online sooner than that. The feature adaptation to Isaac Marion's zombie novel arrives in theaters in a couple of months. The trailer introduces us to R, a zombie who falls for a girl named Julie.

We're just a few months from the release of the feature adaptation of Isaac Marion's Warm Bodies, and we haven't seen much from the film thus far. A few photos of a zombified Nicholas Hoult, a blood-red poster and a zombie make-up tutorial video in honor of Halloween are about all that's been revealed.

While we're still waiting on a trailer for the long-anticipated zombie drama, Summit has released the film's first poster, and now makeup maven Michelle Phan gives fans of the book—or just fans of zombies—pointers on how to achieve Hoult's smoldering zombie look just in time for Halloween.

It's been a while since we've seen anything new for Summit's upcoming adaptation of Isaac Marion's Warm Bodies. With the film set to arrive in theaters early next year, we should hopefully get to see a teaser or trailer soon enough. In the meantime, the first poster for the film has arrived, and it focuses on the novel's protagonist, R, a zombie with a big heart.

Those of you who are eager to see a zombie romance on the big screen, or more specifically, those of you who are fans of Isaac Marion’s novel Warm Bodies are in for a bit of a disappointment. Summit has decided to move the date of the film’s release back by months, pushing the movie off to 2013.

It sounds like Summit is mixing romance with the horror genre once again with the film adaptation of yet another novel involving a romance between a teen girl and a less-than-living guy. This summer, the studio that put Twilight on the big screen will deliver zombie romance Warm Bodies to theaters.

Nicholas Hoult is no stranger to heavy makeup. While he looked fairly normal at the start of last summer's X-Men: First Class, by the end of the movie he was blue, had an animal-like face, and was furry all over. In Jonathan Levine's Warm Bodies he will once again be undergoing a physical transformation, but instead of looking like a fuzzy beast, this time he's going full-on zombie.

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Immediately you should be asking yourself, “who are these kids?” We often develop reservations quickly when announcements are made regarding actors with whom we are not familiar. I count myself among those quick to doubt. I’ll admit that when I found out that, for example, Tipton got her start on America’s Next Top Model, I found myself cringing.

One thing that makes me curious about this film is how it will change the dynamic between the undead and the humans and make the audience cheer for the zombie. Thanks to the films of George A. Romero the average movie-going audience is conditioned to not only hate the walking dead, but to blow its head off with a shotgun.

Levine is putting together the cast for his next movie, Warm Bodies, an adaptation of isaac Marion's book about a romance between a zombie and a still human girl. Nicholas Hoult is set to play the zombie with a heart, with Teresa Palmer as the object of his affection

If you don't already know the name Nicholas Hoult it won't be long until you do. After starring on the hit UK show Skins, the actor caught many people's attention with his role in Tom Ford's A Single Man in 2009. Since then he's been cast in the role of Hank McCoy/Beast in X-Men: First Class and, most recently, landed the coveted title role in Bryan Singer's Jack The Giant Killer.